Kentucky Statutes 216.379 – Authority to apply for Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program — Development of rural health plan
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(1) The Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall make application to the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services to establish a Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program in accordance with 42 U.S.C. sec.
1395i-4, as amended by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, Pub. L. 105-33.
(2) The cabinet shall develop and submit as part of its application a rural health plan that:
(a) Provides for the creation of one (1) or more rural health networks; (b) Promotes regionalization of rural health services in the state;
(c) Improves access to hospital and other health services for rural residents of the state; and
(d) Designates rural hospitals as critical access hospitals.
(3) The secretary shall designate as a critical access hospital any facility which complies with the provisions of KRS § 216.380.
Effective: June 20, 2005
History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 481, effective June 20, 2005. — Created
1998 Ky. Acts ch. 559, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1998.
1395i-4, as amended by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, Pub. L. 105-33.
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 216.379
- Balanced budget: A budget in which receipts equal outlays.
- State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
(2) The cabinet shall develop and submit as part of its application a rural health plan that:
(a) Provides for the creation of one (1) or more rural health networks; (b) Promotes regionalization of rural health services in the state;
(c) Improves access to hospital and other health services for rural residents of the state; and
(d) Designates rural hospitals as critical access hospitals.
(3) The secretary shall designate as a critical access hospital any facility which complies with the provisions of KRS § 216.380.
Effective: June 20, 2005
History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 481, effective June 20, 2005. — Created
1998 Ky. Acts ch. 559, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1998.